System and Method for Improving Cache Performance

1. A computer-implemented method executed by a programmed processor configured to perform one or more operations, the operations comprising: identifying, using the programmed processor, compressed content within a first cache system to a data array associated with the first cache system; locating, using the programmed processor, related content on the data array that is associated with the compressed content on the first cache system; and determining, using the programmed processor, whether the related content on the data array is compressible.

2. A computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the first cache system is included within an application server.

3. A computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the first cache system is included within a controller of a data array.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising: compressing the related content on the data array.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the compressed content to the data array includes: providing the compression ratio of the compressed content to the data array.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising: compressing the related content on the data array if the compression ratio exceeds a predefined threshold.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the first cache system is a content-aware cache system.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the data array includes one or more electro-mechanical hard disk drives.

9. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: identifying compressed content within a first cache system to a data array associated with the first cache system; locating related content on the data array that is associated with the compressed content on the first cache system; and determining whether the related content on the data array is compressible.

10. A computer program product of claim 9 wherein the first cache system is included within an application server.

11. A computer program product of claim 9 wherein the first cache system is included within a controller of a data array.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising: compressing the related content on the data array.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein identifying the compressed content to the data array includes: providing the compression ratio of the compressed content to the data array.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising: compressing the related content on the data array if the compression ratio exceeds a predefined threshold.

15. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the first cache system is a content-aware cache system.

16. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the data array includes one or more electro-mechanical hard disk drives.

17. A computing system including at least one processor and at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor, wherein the computing system is configured to perform operations comprising: identifying compressed content within a first cache system to a data array associated with the first cache system; locating related content on the data array that is associated with the compressed content on the first cache system; and determining whether the related content on the data array is compressible.

18. A computing system of claim 17 wherein the first cache system is included within an application server.

19. A computing system of claim 17 wherein the first cache system is included within a controller of a data array.

20. The computing system of claim 17 further comprising: compressing the related content on the data array.

21. The computing system of claim 17 wherein identifying the compressed content to the data array includes: providing the compression ratio of the compressed content to the data array.

22. The computing system of claim 21 further comprising: compressing the related content on the data array if the compression ratio exceeds a predefined threshold.

23. The computing system of claim 17 wherein the first cache system is a content-aware cache system.

24. The computing system of claim 17 wherein the data array includes one or more electro-mechanical hard disk drives.